Valencia vs Barcelona

25 January 2020 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Maxi Gómez 48’, 77’

Match summary

Valencia beat Barcelona 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Maxi Gómez put Valencia ahead in the 48th minute and Gómez made it 2-0 in the 77th minute, set up by Ferrán Torres.

There was little between the sides on chances: Valencia created 1.45 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Barcelona 1.15 from 14. Maxi Gómez had a penalty saved for Valencia.

Match stats

Valencia Barcelona
8 Shots 14
6 Shots on Target 5
2 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.44 xG 1.15
0.69 Non-penalty xG 1.15
4 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Valencia Barcelona
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Maxi Gómez1-0 (Valencia)
48’
Maxi Gómez
Assist: Ferrán Torres2-0 (Valencia)
77’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Valencia
  • Francis Coquelin
Barcelona
  • Samuel Umtiti
  • Gerard Piqué
  • Sergio Busquets

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.45 1.15 48’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), 1-0 48’ 77’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), 2-0 77’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.45 1.15 48’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), 1-0 Gómez 48’ 77’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), 2-0 Gómez 77’
Valencia 1.45 xGBarcelona 1.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Barcelona attacking Valencia attacking 
12’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, saved 29’ Kevin Gameiro (Valencia), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 58’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.41 xG, blocked 73’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, saved 77’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 90+3’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 50’ Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 46’ Anssumane Fati (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 28’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 87’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 30’ Gabriel (Valencia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 59’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 70’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 68’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 36’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 4’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 29’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Francis Coquelin (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 12’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), penalty, 0.74 xG, saved 29’ Kevin Gameiro (Valencia), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 58’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.41 xG, blocked 73’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, saved 77’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 90+3’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 50’ Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ Anssumane Fati (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 28’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 30’ Gabriel (Valencia), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 87’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 48’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 59’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 70’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 36’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 68’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 29’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Maxi Gómez (Valencia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Francis Coquelin (Valencia), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jaume GK900 0.000.000
Daniel Wass DEF900 0.000.000
Ezequiel Garay DEF900 0.000.000
Gabriel DEF901 0.060.000
José Gayá DEF900 0.000.000
Ferrán Torres MID9010 0.000.081
Francis Coquelin MID901 0.010.000
Geoffrey Kondogbia MID900 0.000.000
Carlos Soler MID900 0.000.533
Maxi Gómez FWD8225 0.930.000
Kevin Gameiro FWD611 0.450.031
Rodrigo Sub290 0.000.000
Jaume Costa Sub80 0.000.000
Rubén Sobrino Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Valencia win 20% Avg odds 4.83
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.09
Barcelona win 57% Avg odds 1.67

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Valencia WDDWL
Barcelona DDWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Barcelona 5-2 Valencia, 14 Sep 19 Next meeting: Barcelona 2-2 Valencia, 19 Dec 20  All Valencia vs Barcelona meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.